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RAWALPINDI: The special court conducting the narcotics smuggling trial against Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Hanif Abbasi and others reaffirmed on Friday that it will stick to the high court's deadline to conclude the case tomorrow.

Judge Mohammad Akram Khan rejected Abbasi's plea to delay the trial's deadline, noting that it has to follow orders of the high court.

On July 11, the LHC Rawalpindi Bench, deciding on a plea filed by Shahid Orakzai, had ordered that the trial be conducted daily from July 16 onwards and concluded on July 21.

Abbasi, who is contesting the upcoming election from NA-60, Rawalpindi, faces charges of misusing 500kg of the controlled chemical ephedrine which he obtained for his company, Gray Pharmaceutical, in 2010.